Per-seat licensing   A per-seat license restricts the number of client connections to the database server. With per-seat licensing, the network database server can use all CPUs available on your computer, but not more than the maximum allowed by the SQL Anywhere edition you are running. If a CPU contains multiple cores or threads, all cores and threads of the CPU may be used.

The personal database server is limited to four cores on one CPU. If a core contains multiple threads, all threads of that core may be used.

CPU-based licensing   With CPU-based licensing, the network database server uses up to the number of CPUs specified in your license, but not more than the maximum allowed by the SQL Anywhere edition you are running. If a CPU contains multiple cores or threads, all cores and threads of the CPU may be used.

The personal database server is limited to four cores on one CPU. If a core contains multiple threads, all threads of that core may be used.